Brian Hosfeld was added to the Wichita State volleyball coaching staff on July 20, 2022 and is entering his fourth season with the Shockers.
Hosfeld brings more than three decades of coaching experience to Wichita, highlighted by a stint as the head coach at Baylor and assistant coaching positions at Long Beach State, Texas, and Utah. The Long Beach, Calif., native has been working at the club level for the last ten years, most recently for T3 Volleyball in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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Hosfeld began his career at Long Beach State in 1993, winning the national championship in his first season with the 49ers. After three seasons at Long Beach, he took over the Baylor program in 1996, leaving eight years later as the winningest coach in program history with 129 victories to his credit. Under his direction, Baylor made their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 1999, later reaching the field of 64 again in 2001.
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Following his tenure in Waco, Hosfeld joined the staff at Texas in 2004, working primarily with the Longhorns defense and middle blockers. He helped craft one of the stingiest defensive units in college volleyball, as Texas won three consecutive Big 12 titles and reached the Final Four in 2008, 2009 and 2010. While on staff with the Longhorns, Texas posted a record of 186-33, good for an .849 winning percentage.
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Hosfeld has also coached at the international level, leading the 2005 USA Volleyball A2 junior national team and USA Volleyball to a silver medal at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy. Prior to his work with that team, Hosfeld served as USA Volleyball's director of the World University and National Team tryouts at the Olympic Training Center.
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Hosfeld's most recent collegiate coaching experience came as an interim assistant coach at Utah, where he spent the 2011 season before transitioning full time to club volleyball. He helped found nationally recognized Magnum Volleyball in 1986 and has since worked with Austin Juniors, Club Red, Arizona East Valley, Spiral and Catalyst before taking over as director of T3 in Coeur d'Alene.
